I was born and raised in Portugal where I obtained a BSc in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Beira Interior (FCS-UBI), and an MSc in Molecular Biomedicine at the University of Aveiro (DCM-UA). My master’s project was focused on the discovery of biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. After my MSc, I continued this line of work with an internationalization through the Erasmus program in the Georg-August-Universität of Göttingen (Germany). Since November 2018, I have been working as a Ph.D. student in the Farrow lab (NeuroElectronics Research Flanders (NERF)), in collaboration with Prof Lieve Moons (Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Dept. Biology, KU Leuven). I am interested to know how we can regenerate axons both after injury and during neurodegenerative diseases. I aim to provide an important basis for a cell-specific promotion of neuronal repair.